In poetry, a “stanza” is: “a group or sequence of lines arranged in a pattern.”
Even if you don’t read poetry often, you likely have an idea of what a “stanza”is. In music, we often call stanzas, these groupings of lines, verses.
The term comes from the Italian word for “room.” We will discuss stanzas especially when we explore pantoums and sestinas.
Read more about the stanza in Ed Hirsch’s “Poet’s Glossary,” available here:
